| Description |
xv, 656 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
What is health psychology? -- The systems of the body -- Health behaviors -- Health-enhancing behaviors -- Health-compromising behaviors -- Stress -- Moderators of the stress experience -- Using health services -- Patient-provider relations -- Pain and its management -- Management of chronic illness -- Psychological issues in advancing and terminal illness -- Heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and diabetes -- Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, cancer, and arthritis -- Health psychology: challenges for the future -- Glossary |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 536-625) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Clinical psychology.
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Clinical health psychology.
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Medicine, Psychosomatic.
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| Author |
Taylor, Shelley E.
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| LC no. |
2002020029 |
| ISBN |
0072564873 |
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0071199039 international edition |
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0072412976 alkaline paper |
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